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| author | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2016-05-05 17:07:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2016-05-06 09:49:39 +0200 |
| commit | 4b16fa791d3ad8c6d9d3cb575b749247e774299a (patch) | |
| tree | c9ec9c6b82ed660946008eddb1bb3c9922f58500 | |
| parent | 3992e8c0235f374d0582060e768480f0596ab77f (diff) | |
| download | openssl-4b16fa791d3ad8c6d9d3cb575b749247e774299a.tar.gz | |
README.PERL: clarify "matching" Perl requirement on Windows.
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | README.PERL | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/README.PERL b/README.PERL index 184b3771a0..eda812dc8e 100644 --- a/README.PERL +++ b/README.PERL @@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ Notes on Perl on Windows ------------------------ - If you will build on Cygwin (and possibly some other POSIX layers), - Perl is already part of your distribution. Simply use the Cygwin - package manager to make sure Perl gets installed. - - Otherwise, you will need to install Perl separately. The Perl - package that we know of is ActiveState Perl, available from + There are a number of build targets that can be viewed as "Windows". + Indeed, there are VC-* configs targeting VisualStudio C, as well as + MinGW and Cygwin. The key recommendation is to use "matching" Perl, + one that matches build environment. For example, if you will build + on Cygwin be sure to use the Cygwin package manager to install Perl. + For VC-* builds we recommend ActiveState Perl, available from http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl. Notes on Perl on VMS |